44: The Severed Head in the Bed - June 13 2019 - Morning Cup of Murder
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Morning Cup of Murder
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🗓️ 13 June 2019
⏱️ 4 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | There were two more murders, 15 miles away. |
| 0:02.6 | When police arrive, they found the telepillar and electricity lines. |
| 0:05.5 | A weird. |
| 0:05.8 | A cop of murder. |
| 0:09.5 | When you retire, you expect to live out the rest of your life doing what makes you happy and relaxing. |
| 0:16.2 | You never expect to have your great career and life cut short as it's about to begin. |
| 0:22.6 | On June 23, 2004, a man with a long career in Hollywood was murdered before he got to truly enjoy his retirement. |
| 0:31.1 | So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder. |
| 0:40.8 | Robert Lees and his partner, Frederick Rinaldo, were a dynamic duo in the 1930s. |
| 0:46.6 | They wrote movies for MGM studios that included the Academy Award nominated, |
| 0:51.5 | Profit Without Honor, as well as The Invisible Woman, and numerous comedies |
| 0:55.7 | for Abbott and Costello. In early 1950, Robert Lee's career was virtually destroyed |
| 1:01.5 | when he was blacklisted by movie studio bosses during the McCarthy era for alleged communist |
| 1:07.4 | activities. He went on to write under a pseudonym and have mild success. After retiring |
| 1:12.9 | in 1983, he started to date sexologist Helen Colton, became an active atheist and humanist, |
| 1:20.1 | even speaking at their events. Basically, he settled into a life where he could do whatever he pleased. |
| 1:25.7 | On June 13th, sometime around 11 a.m., a homeless man named |
| 1:30.1 | Kevin Lee Graff broke into Lee's home and attacked the 90-year-old man decapitating him. |
| 1:37.0 | Graff then left the home, carrying Lee's head with him, and broke into the neighboring home of a 69-year-old doctor named Morley Engelson. |
| 1:46.7 | The doctor was on the phone with Southwest Airlines booking a ticket when he was attacked and killed. |
| 1:52.3 | The agent heard the whole thing and phoned the police. But before the police could arrive, |
| 1:57.7 | Graff stole the doctor's 2001 Mercedes and fled the scene. When the police searched |
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